The pre-arrest bail pleas of three forest officials of the Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary, who were accused of falsely implicating a member of the tribal community in a wildlife offence, were rejected by the Kerala High Court recently. Justice V.G. Arun rejected the pleas of V. Anilkumar, Section Forest Officer; V.C. Lenin, Beat Forest Officer; and … Read more
Pugmarks of a tiger recorded on June 9 on the outskirts of Sukumamidi village in Chintoor agency in Alluri Sitarama Raju district. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The Forest Department authorities are closely monitoring the movements of a tiger a day after a cattle was killed on the outskirts of Sukumamidi village near Chintoor in Alluri Sitarama Raju … Read more
In a rush to clear encroachments on forest land, including temples, mazars, and settlements, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has served eviction notices to communities of hundreds of Van Gujjar people, traditionally forest-dwelling pastoralists, residing in the Terai East and West Forest Divisions. Claiming that around 400 Van Gujjar households, mostly belonging to Muslims, had been … Read more
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday (May 16) said one of the proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, is to rename it ” Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam“, alleging it reflects the Modi government’s mindset of “imposing … Read more
Metro 3 car shed construction underway in Aarey forest in Mumbai, on July 27, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Observing that the Mumbai Metro has made an attempt to overreach the court’s jurisdiction, the Supreme Court on April 17 directed it to pay ₹10 lakh fine within two weeks for felling of trees in Aarey … Read more
A road laid in the reserve forest area in Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The decades-long ordeal of the residents of Vanadurgapuram to take 18-km detour that includes a stretch in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu to reach their nearest mandal headquarters of Palasamudram, just 3 km away from their habitation, appears … Read more
The police at an anti-encroachment drive undertaken in Nagaon district of Assam. | Photo Credit: PTI An eviction drive to clear over 500 hectares of forest land in Assam’s Lakhimpur district will be undertaken by the administration on Tuesday, affecting nearly 100 families, officials said. Lakhimpur Superintendent of Police Bedanta Madhab Rajkhowa said 600 personnel of the State police and … Read more
A high-level probe by the Forest department reveales that the officials had slapped a false poaching case on a tribal youth Source link
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre to “start at the earliest” the work for installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi, which is aimed at helping in combating air pollution. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that setting up of the … Read more